New-York tribune., 1887-12-12
! !1cHERs WORTH HEARING
XIII.
HaLL,,oF HOLY TRINITY, BROOK
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.ysoot,yn as Grand Prclatc Of the Grand Command
vn,rhts Tcmpars, Of the United States, and the
faction through the order by the confer
~ This honor. Dr. Hall has been the rector OF the
,ch NJ tho Holy Trinity In Brooklyn since Bishop
o,ohn resigned to accept his present position He
. a the head of a church, influential not only In the
os,lc rart of the city where It stands, fits bcauti
-, sprc towering far above many other prominent
drcs but influential also through its charities In
s noorcr ncighborhoods OF Brooklyn and in distant
es,es and in other lands. Dr. Hall Is deeply inter
ltd IN all that relates to the advancement OF Brook
,vn He was warm personal friend OF Mr. Becchcr,
d st his funeral preached the sermon: had Dr. Hall
d,d first Mr. Beccher had promised to pronounce his
.,ogy Like Mr. Beecher, he has long been the chap
lain of Brooklyn regiment.
Dr. Hall was born In Augusta, Ca, In 1920 lie
~.s educated at Andovcr, Mass. and at Yale grad
Mating from college in l:42 His theological studies
rrrc begun in private. and continued In the General
theological seminary in this CITY, His first parish was
Al Huntington, l.. l., where he remained two years
In 1s47 he took charge of the Church Of the Holy In
poccns at West Point, officiating likewise the pas
,or of the Military Academy. Two years later he
want TO South Carolina, where he became rector of
G. Johns Church. st. Johns Island where he re-
maincd eight years. and In 1856 he was called to the
rcctorshp of the Church OF the Epiphany Washington
CALM AMID THE DIN OF BATTLE.
In his parish Dr. Hall found a congregation
composed about equally Of Northerners and Southern
er. Among the latter were Jefferson Davis and his
family During the Secretary Stanton occupied
Mr. Davss pew. Several of the chief officers Of the
Government and Army regular attendants on his
prcachlug 1t was trying period for clergyman
in that city, and required great firmncss to be calm
himself and preserve calmness In his congregation
at such time Of public excitement
aFcw men,. says prominent writer "woud have
succeeded in steering clear Of offence. especially at
han chur chnc xVep toO
POLITICAL assembly houses and preachers forgot
Tho Gospel of Christ in that of the Constitution i,r
right place. Realizing his high vocation as an am
bassador of Christ, he determined to Know nothhg,
srst sPa 80 a%d pSaGi Him ceed At this the young
headStrong were discontcnted-thcy wanted pon'lca,
nrsr memsers S however approved his course
retaries did not 90 to church to learn
c heat and fever of that nervous time rector Of
the Church Of the Epiphany stcered his pastoral bark
safely through the smooth waters OF tranquil 0hriS-
Dr. Hall did not fear to political questions
sermon no Of great power and mpessveness on
Day, 1868. two days after the OF fiSs T
vercd another Conscience in its Relations to the
Of the Citizens 70 Of the sS p @
entered upon his duties In Bookyn on March H. tsnS ee
colleges He has published number of sermons and
among other books, two important ones enitlcd
@Notes the Gospel and True Protestant Ritual
The church which he now serves erected with
Wss orehed for religious services on Trinity sunday
Is47 The chapel had been in use nearly year then
the first rector was succeeded in 1860 by Dr. Little
John A heavy debt. assumed when the church build
ually reduced under Dr. Littejohn, and while he was
It's rector a free chapel was erected at Fmon.st and
fnSns at Bellevue. Seb IN 1870 church building in Duf
hs between Myrtle r., and of oy rpy
Church. Free Mission Church was established in
snSr the first so @ TnS Ia'ss Si and
as whole, Holy Trinity is supposedly few churches
in the range and extent of its charities.
SALVATION THROUGH HOPE.
Dr. Hall preached last Sunday en- Hope" taking for
hs text these words Of Paul In the fifteenth chapter
If Romans: THAT we might have hope" The
sermon is given here in full:
one % o de to the there as sa.s
Whereby man thinks
AMI ON the other benevo way-in which one for
es as ssins patience troubles
So.dness %ns s" Of God to lis creatures
NAV reaa r.. wono1 story q redenon
e.son hat he s eSm ny w e1aed AID re-
wards He think. only Of the intrs and de 1un W M be
VII be able to the crish Of w1las as 10
whose ship is about dashed rocks and swallowed
The main sie@ent Of all cultivated hope ntrCspec.
n sn 10. s 2
sany nterpose troubled Thoughts upon ls % nSSt Of
esrs.ss msmber child whose life defee
@ @ oi %Ss' Se revealed and
% mot Be be said sns to 1ss he the
Ggs S ns Ss s. O to ars Rm at any risk
,ai S1 a SEQ nsi aeoo 9D
TWO IDEAS OF HEAVEN.
Much of our divinity addresses the intellect and has been
shapy dogmas in the cell OF the monk or the
suy Of the Ion y divine and scholar uch OF the indhcr'
snce to positive religion out of latent conscious
ness which dcamy feels that not real and true to ma
high ssceic loneliness Of sDrt seems TO require OF
ordinary nature and rude practical lie accents
The pupit deals much with heaven where few
,elec saints will rise out heroic life peculiar TO
claims to be the elect people Of God
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wort." Judge ROLLING before the time am not not
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d Or - s at the n aud eager
myself this CHAPTER as II u, nope
OF ST. Paul conviction that being one o. The elec
no would aiio death find himself in OF the celestial pew.
AM the rynt hand Of the fulgc. and confess Ihst
with such notion his woris STRANGELY uuconnecton:
They are Orient poarls," IL he but they are
surely lat random strung" But 10 ny such dsointed
fus.ng little minds. you then
TO follow in trying TO get at the clew which vii
make his meaning complete That olew think. modestiy
that his no lon was that hope simply tho Q,
Gods love- 3ust and here allowing h TO dismiss All
care o. the iqure just as loving chilli slceping In the
CABIN OF ship hiss about tho rof while
knows his fathers hand the helm OF course 'ear OF
disaster ss ps be physical sense Of storm and bowling
winds disturb HIM timss but the paramount conn